Title :
Q-switched fiber laser with MoS2 saturable absorber
Author :
Woodward, R.I. ; Kelleher, E.J.R. ; Runcorn, T.H. ; Popov, S.V. ; Torrisi, F. ; Howe, R.C.T. ; Hasan, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
A MoS2-based saturable absorber is fabricated using wet chemistry techniques. We use it to passively Q-switch a fiber laser at 1068 nm.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; molybdenum compounds; optical fabrication; optical saturation; MoS2; Q-switched fiber laser; saturable absorber; wavelength 1068 nm; wet chemistry technique; Electron microscopy; Electron optics; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA